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Two years after launching, Inspired Capital has closed its second fund with $281 million – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Inspired Capital, the New York-based early-stage venture firm that was founded in 2019 by entrepreneurs Alexa von Tobel and Penny Pritzker, is today announcing the close of their second fund with $281 million in capital commitments, an amount that brings the firm’s total assets under manageme…

Fantasy Sports Startup Sleeper Raises $40 mln In Series C Funding - Grit Daily News gritdaily.com San Francisco-based fantasy sports startup Sleeper has raised $40 million in Series C funding to expand its platform in the United States.

Here are all the companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day, Part 1 – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Today Y Combinator kicked off the Demo Day cycle for its Summer 2021 cohort. The collection of early-stage startups on day one-of-two alone numbered in the hundreds, meaning that we had to assemble a team here at TechCrunch just to cover it all. But before we get into notes on each company that pre…

What This Year’s Seed Funding Tells Us About The Startup Future news.crunchbase.com Our latest data-dive focused on seed and pre-seed rounds of $2 million or more announced in 2021 -- of which there are a little over a thousand reported. The analysis found a few investment themes that stand out as especially popular.

14 international startups, scaleups in Amsterdam that are hiring right now | Silicon Canals siliconcanals.com Take a look at some of the international companies that have expanded into Amsterdam and are hiring. Read more.

Men’s health startup Manual raises $30M Series A from US and European investors – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Men’s health and well-being startup Manual has raised a $30 million Series A round from U.S.-based Sonoma Brands and Waldencast, and Manual’s existing European investors Felix Capital and Cherry Ventures. FJ Labs and the GISEV Family Office also participated in the round. The cash will be used for …